Hallmark announced its first mystery series starring people of color on July 31, 2017.

[1] The episodes are based on the Billy Blessing novels by Al Roker.

[2] They star Holly Robinson Peete, Rick Fox and Colin Lawrence.

The theme for the Morning Show Mysteries series centers around a Seattle-based, TV chef Billie Blessings (Robinson Peete) as she becomes involved in various murder criminal investigations, and her relationship with police detective Ian Jackson (Fox) who is in charge of the homicide unit.

[3] As of 2021, Rick Fox left the series and was replaced by Colin Lawrence playing the new head of homicide, Detective Sergeant Tyrell Price.